Polishing composition.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS F. LANDA, OF FLUSHING, NEW YORK. V

POLISHING COMPOSITION.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LoUIs F. LANDA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Flushing, Long Island, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Polishing Composition, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of my invention is the production of a composition of matter for use as a polishing medium and particularly for polishing stoves and other metal articles, such as radiators, steam pipes, boilers, etc.; and which may also be used for coloring, or dyeing and polishing various articles of leather such as tan shoes, belts and other articles.

My composition comprises a liquid substance, consisting of the following ingredients combined as specified;

Beeswax 1 part. Liquid brown shellac 19 parts. Alcohol 22 parts. Nigrosin 1 part.

the polish is applied by means of a brush and the hands are not soiled in any way, and the article is given a glossy black color, which will be retained by the article to which it is applied much longer than when produced by other polishing mediums now in use. Most polishing mediums of the class to which my improved composition relates Specification of Letters Patent.

produce, when applied to metal, a dull, dark or black color, and also a disagreeable smell or odor, particularly when applied to stoves, radiators, and steam pipes, or the like, but my improved polishing composition produces a glossy black color and the use thereof is not accompanied by any disagreeable smell or odor.

My improved composition may also be used for coloring, or dyeing and polishing leather articles, such as tan shoes, handbags, belts and the like, and for polishing ordinary black shoes or other articles made of black leather, and for coloring or dyeing and polishing canvas shoes and other articles made of canvas, and for coloring, dyeing and polishing belts made of any material.

My invention. is not limited to the exact amounts of the separate ingredients employed as herein set out, and said amounts of said ingredients may be varied within certain limits Without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages. V

Having fully described my invention,

Patented Sept. 10, 1918. Application filed September 20, 1917. Serial No. 192,308.

what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The composition of matter herein described, consisting of beeswax, liquid brown shellac, alcohol and nigrosin combined as and for the purpose described.

2. The composition of matter herein de scribed, consisting of beeswax 1 part; liquid brown shellac 19 parts, alcohol22 parts and nigrosin 1 part.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in

presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 19th day of September, 1917.

LOUIS F. LANDA.

Witnesses:

C. E. MULREANY, H. E. THOMPSON.

Copier of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

, Washington, D. 0." 

